I spent the day yesterday visiting my old work place, chatting with old friends and going to lunch with my old boss. I don’t miss the politics, the drama, the battles or the commute. I do miss the people, my paycheck, and the intellectual challenge. I have no regrets about resigning. It is not where…
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Five First Steps
At a recent workshop I was trying to express my desire to help people and said. “I want to help people take their first steps.” Another participant looked confused, tilted his head and said, “I don’t understand. Do you mean divorce?” Well, not exactly. When I was finished writing this post yesterday it occurred to…
Book Review: Transitions by William Bridges
Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes, Revised 25th Anniversary Edition By William Bridges Sometimes life transitions can sneak up on us. From the outside it may look like we have a great family, great job and a wonderful life, but inside we feel unsettled and out of sorts. Something is wrong, we just don’t know…
A Lifetime of Teaching
For a long time I’ve wanted to teach. I thought that meant being a ‘professor’ and having a PhD. When I’d tell my friends that I wanted to be a college professor, they’d nod their heads and say, “Yeah, I can see that.” That made me feel good. But, as much a I wanted to…
Taking Action Part 2: Moving into the top 10%
Monday’s post “Taking Action Leads to Clarity”, was about letting go of a dream that I had held for a long time, a dream that wasn’t really my own. Taking action on this dream gave me greater clarity about what I really wanted. But, taking action leads to more than just clarity. It moves you…
Taking Action Leads to Clarity
I have learned that the quickest path to clarity is to take action. For the last four weeks I have been working on taking steps to launch Save-A-Tree-Books, a mobile used book store. This is the 90-day project I chose to work on at Follow Through Camp last month. It is the project I have…
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